Skip to content
TechBone
Huawei

Huawei: Turn Cell Broadcasts On or Off

Getting a flood of monthly test alerts on your Huawei phone, or missing a real emergency warning entirely? Both come down to the cell broadcast settings, which control AMBER alerts, extreme and severe threat notifications separately from your regular messages. Each alert type can be switched on or off on its own.

4 min5 steps
VersionAndroid 10 · EMUI

Step by step

1 / 5

Step 1 of 5: Open the **settings**

1

Open the settings

Live simulator

Android 10 · EMUI
Enable or Disable Cell Broadcasts – EMUI: step 1 – Open the settings
Open the settings
1 / 5

Scroll or use the buttons for the next step

Feedback

Was the guide correct?

Help others: confirm the path or report a problem.

31

Confirmations

Forum verified this path

Huawei

Enable or Disable Cell Broadcasts auf Huawei

Cell broadcasts on Huawei phones deliver public safety alerts directly from your carrier, without needing an app or an internet connection. This includes AMBER alerts for missing children, extreme and severe threat warnings, and the required monthly test message used to confirm the system is working.

If you keep getting alerts you do not want, or emergency notifications never show up during a real event, the cell broadcast settings are the place to check. Some carriers send test messages more often than expected, which can feel intrusive once you know what they are.

To adjust which alerts you receive: Open the settingsTap on Sounds & vibrationTap on More sound settingsTap on Cell broadcastsActivate or deactivate the desired option.

Each alert type has its own toggle, so you can keep extreme and severe threat warnings active while turning off the monthly test if it bothers you. Disabling AMBER alerts or threat warnings does not affect your carrier network signal or data connection, it only stops the phone from displaying those specific messages.

Turning off all broadcast types is not recommended in regions prone to natural disasters, since these alerts often arrive faster than news apps or push notifications. If your phone has no Cell broadcasts entry at all, check whether your carrier supports the feature or contact them directly.

Frequently asked questions

Carriers send a required monthly test to confirm the alert system works. You can turn it off separately under Cell broadcasts without disabling real emergency alerts.